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Syria Strikes Historic Deal to Absorb Kurdish-Led Forces

The Syrian government has reached a breakthrough agreement with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to integrate them into the state’s military and institutions. This deal includes a ceasefire and marks a significant shift in Syria’s long-running conflict, as the SDF has been a key U.S.-backed force controlling the country’s northeast. The agreement could reshape power dynamics in the region, particularly concerning Syria’s oil-rich territories. The move also signals a potential reconciliation between Damascus and Kurdish authorities after years of tension. However, the long-term implications for U.S. influence and regional stability remain uncertain.

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Syria's government signs deal with Kurdish-led authorities in the northeast

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The Syrian government reached a breakthrough deal with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) that control the northeast of the country, the Syrian presidency said on Monday. The agreement

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Syria's president announces deal to integrate Kurdish-led SDF into state structure

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The government in Damascus led by Islamist former rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) had been calling on the SDF and other armed groups that formed during the 13-year civil war to integrate under the command of the new Defense Ministry, but an agreement with the Kurdish-led force was elusive until now.

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Kurdish-led SDF agrees to integrate into Syrian state institutions, presidency says

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CAIRO (Reuters) -The Kurdish-led and U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which controls much of Syria's oil-rich northeast, has signed a deal agreeing to integrate ... The SDF agrees to support the government in combating remnants of deposed ...

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Porn stars launch campaign against Project 2025 targeting swing states

Concerned with provisions of Project 2025 that could criminalize pornography, a group of porn stars is jumping into the 2024 election, launching “Hands Off My Porn” and purchasing $100,000 in ads in swing states to spread their message. “We must fight back against this ultra-conservative agenda that is rooted in religious conservatism, fearmongering, and the suppression of women’s rights,” Casey Calvert, one of the porn stars involved with the effort, wrote alongside the announcement of the ads. Twenty porn stars came together to found Hands Off My Porn, and they are placing the ads on sites that show explicit content in Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Michigan, warning users about Project 2025’s drive to criminalize porn.The ads will direct people to the Hands Off My Porn website, where they can watch testimonials about Project 2025’s dangers. “This ‘180-day playbook’ for the next Trump Administration puts the anti-porn agenda front and center – on page 5 of this nearly 1000-page document that’s endorsed by The Heritage Foundation, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the Koch Brothers, and hundreds of conservative organizations,” the group writes online.Hands Off My Porn is referencing the foreword written by Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts, who calls for pornography to be “outlawed.” “It has no claim to First Amendment protection,” he writes. “Its purveyors are child predators and misogynistic exploiters of women. Their product is as addictive as any illicit drug and as psychologically destructive as any crime. Pornography should be outlawed. The people who produce and distribute it should be imprisoned…telecommunications and technology firms that facilitate its spread should be shuttered.”

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